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Feb 27, 2008 9:52 pm US/Pacific

Man Killed After Car Smashes Into Tree

LAKE FOREST, Calif. A man was killed Wednesday after losing control of his car and crashing into a tree in Lake Forest, authorities said.

The man was driving west on Lake Forest Drive at about 2:30 p.m. when he veered into eastbound lanes, back into westbound lanes and then hit a tree, Orange County sheriff's Lt. Hal Brotheim said. The car was totaled and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The car hit the tree at a high rate of speed, but its not known whether the accident was caused by speed, he said.

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